An Athens criminal on probation was arrested late Thursday night with attempting to molest an 11-year-old girl during a break-in at the child’s eastside home earlier that day, Athens-Clarke police said.

Blackshear, who has an extensive arrest history, was on probation after he pleaded guilty last year to three counts of entering auto and served nine months in jail as part of his sentence, according to Clarke County Superior Court records.

According to police, Blackshear entered a home in a neighborhood off Lexington Road at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday by removing a window screen.

After taking cellphones, iPods and cash from different rooms, he allegedly entered a bedroom where the victim was sleeping with her younger sister, police said.

The older girl was startled awake by the intruder, and when she asked what he wanted the suspect replied that he “wanted to see something,” according to police.

The burglar, who was dressed all in black, including the do-rag on his head, allegedly began to reach toward the girl, but then stopped and went into another room, police said.

The girl went to her parent’s room to tell what happened, at which time the intruder left through the window, police said. A neighbor was watching as the man came out of the home.

The case was assigned to detectives with the Athens-Clarke police Centralized Criminal Investigations Division, who quickly identified Blackshear as the suspect. He was booked into the Clarke County Jail about 12:30 a.m. Friday. Later in the day, police said the investigation continues.

When sentenced on the entering auto charges last September, a judge ordered Blackshear to “continue any recommended mental health treatment,” according to the sentencing form.

Blackshear also was previously arrested in Oconee County on drug and theft charges.